This afternoon all volunteers will be participating in La Fiesta de Quinientos Niños (Festival of 500 Children). Put on by the casa every year, it´s an opportunity for the children of the orphanage to give back to the community around them. The reality of Carmen Alto and the surrounding neighborhoods is that many families have it worse off than Los Gorriones. It´s a great learning experience and demonstration of goodwill--those with so little embracing the spirit of giving.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone. Visions of family and smells of pine are dancing through my head.
Does it feel like Christmas there? In Hawaii it doesn't feel like Christmas at all...I'm so used to the environmental cues like snow, ice and cold.
ReplyDeleteNo eggnog floating on top of a surfboard...and no, it´s 70 and feels like vacation.
ReplyDeleteNo midwest shivers isn´t all that bad.